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Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:14 am

the movie is "in the valley of elah" - supposed to be in iraq. nice bus but a little stripped. sunroof model. as a former british colony isn't iraq rh drive?

Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:24 am

Probably RH drive but that bus still is fixable :lol:

Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:11 pm

Im actualy surprised this wasnt a kept up thred from long ago? Other forums seem to have an eye for VWs in movies. There are however several loose threads on VW bays in movies but no unifieng one like this title should be.

I was doing the sit on my ass Chrismas Eve TV thing and caught this on Bad Boys-Will Smith-Martin Laurance Miami Vice movie.

Some good parts right there! :shock:

Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:39 pm

hah, looks like that bus was already a write off before the truck hit it! at least they didn't vaporize a good bus.

i thought there was a bay in movies thread? like, a better used one... but maybe im thinking of something else

Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:57 pm

notchboy wrote: Im actualy surprised this wasnt a kept up thred from long ago?

That's because we have this:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29125&highlight=movies

Fri Dec 24, 2010 5:04 pm

EZ Gruv wrote: notchboy wrote: Im actualy surprised this wasnt a kept up thred from long ago?

That's because we have this:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29125&highlight=movies

Not bus specific though.

Fri Dec 24, 2010 5:06 pm

"VWs in films" is all inclusive.

Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:09 pm

Jackie Brown:

Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:11 pm

i watched cheech and chongs next movie a few days ago, and could not believe how many vws of all types were in it. of course it was shot in the late 70s. it has lots of cool cars in it. but some of the st scenes show vws like every 5 or 6 cars.

Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:09 pm

There is one in Ronin and Blow, too.

If you watch The Baader Meinhof Complex there are tons of old VWs there, many Buses, too... here's one peaking out:

Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:26 pm

This one in Blackhawk Down might need a buffing out:

Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:16 pm

I noticed a ton of vw's on Miracle, the movie about the U.S. beating the U.S.S.R in the 1980 winter olympics.

Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:20 am

This one is awsome!

Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:07 pm

notchboy wrote: Im actualy surprised this wasnt a kept up thred from long ago? Other forums seem to have an eye for VWs in movies. There are however several loose threads on VW bays in movies but no unifieng one like this title should be.

I was doing the sit on my ass Chrismas Eve TV thing and caught this on Bad Boys-Will Smith-Martin Laurance Miami Vice movie.

Some good parts right there! :shock:

that looks like the burn that Interstate in Elsinore had a couple of years back.

Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:31 am

Of course, there's a VW Bus in the movie Vanilla Sky which, in this scene, pays tribute to a Bob Dylan album:

Vanilla Sky:

Bob Dylan album:

And here's one in the movie Spy Game with Robert Redford and Brad Pitt:

Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:48 am

A few more:

Endgame with William Hurt:

Mr. Bean's Holiday:

Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:13 am

Zach Galifianakis: Live at the purple onion has a nice hightop camper. It ends up breakign down in the movie tho.

Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:25 am

Little Miss Sunshine, too:

There also was one in the movie "Hulk" which is interesting because at the time I worked right next to the warehouse where the film crew stashed all their props in SF. We shared the same building and I would park my Bus right next to their side of the space. It is no coincidence that the Bus in the movie is the same color as mine. They actually had two Buses painted up to use in the film. Both were non-running shells.

The scene below was filmed up the street from where I worked on the Embarcadero and where their headquarters was:

Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:42 am

Oh yeah, I forgot this one! Lots of screen time for this bus!

Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:51 am

devesvws wrote: i watched cheech and chongs next movie a few days ago, and could not believe how many vws of all types were in it. of course it was shot in the late 70s. it has lots of cool cars in it. but some of the st scenes show vws like every 5 or 6 cars.

Up in Smoke:

Steven Seagal Marked for Death:

Heat:

Back to the Future: